Dude: Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow. I'm going to ask you a series of questions, and I want them answered on the spot, right now. Is it serious?
Doctor: I'm afraid it is.
Dude: Am I gonna die?
Doctor: Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day. But yours is coming quicker than ours...
Today, I heard a pretty interesting story on the radio. The speaker was Bong Chandra, the said to be youngest motivator on Asia at the age of twenty-something. Maybe some people have already known this motivational story before, it is about a professor and a fisherman. There might be a few minor changes.
One day, a professor was doing some research in the forest. But he came across a river, and the only way to cross that river was with a boat. Apparently, that was his lucky day (up till this point anyway). A fisherman was passing by and so the professor asked the fisherman if he could get a lift, the fisherman agrees.
In the boat, the professor picks up a leaf that's floating in the river.
"Sir, do you what Biology is ?", asked the professor.
"Biology ? Is that some type of fish food ?", replied the fisherman.
"What ? No ! Are you telling me that you don't know Biology ? Well, Sir. You have lost 20% of your life !", the professor just shook his head.
As the journey continues, the professor spotted some dirt on the water.
"Sir, how about Geography, do you what it is ?", asked the professor
"Ah, I know that one !"
"You do ?"
"Well it's definitely not fish food."
"Goodness gracious, if you do not know about Geography as well, then you have lost 50% of your life."
This time the professor notice the air and sunlight.
"Okay, I'll ask you one more time, have you ever heard of Physics ?"
"Sir, I didn't finish my school, how could I know anything ?"
"Well, I'm sorry to tell you that you have lost 80% of your life !", the professor was perplexed, how could the fisherman not know something this important.
As they were conversing, the river was flowing rapidly, then soon enough it turned into a storm. The professor was frightened whereas the fisherman remained calm. But the boat rocked real hard, the professor was thrown into the river. Unfortunately, he could not swim.
"Heeerrlpp !!! Grreelp !! Eeeelpfff...." the professor was drowning slowly.
"SWIM ! Can you swim ?" ask the fisherman.
"Noo.. I can't !!
"Well, Sir. It looks like you have just lost 100% of your life !"
And so, the professor was nowhere to be seen, his hands no longer waved for help, the boat of the fisherman was getting farther.
END
I think this has just slapped me on the cheek. Hard.
